Comments on: Indians to honor Jim Thome with statuehttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/23/indians-to-honor-jim-thome-with-statue/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:46:03 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Detroit Michaelhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/23/indians-to-honor-jim-thome-with-statue/comment-page-1/#comment-198387
Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:05:54 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=87684#comment-198387Here’s a suggested rewrite of your first sentence:
“There was some bitterness when the Cleveland Indians refused to pay competitive wages to Jim Thome following the 2002 season, forcing him to seek employment elsewhere unless he wanted to give the Indians a substantial discount …”
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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:36:28 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=87684#comment-198010This is like watching the perfect marriage that went awry due to infidelity and now the couple is back together to live out their golden years. Thome should have never left. CLE is trying to give this the storybook ending, but it will always feel “tainted”.
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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:38:51 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=87684#comment-197994I’d rather they wait until he’s retired for this honor, but I certainly think he’s deserving of it. Bob Feller is the greatest player in franchise history, Thome is the team’s best player of the last 50 years.

Larry Doby absolutely deserves a statue too, not only for his tremendous historical significance and the integrity he showed while becoming the first African American in American League history, bu also for being a fantastic player.

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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:33:33 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=87684#comment-197984Does this mean the Indians are not going to honor Thome with a 2012 contract offer?
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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:20:33 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=87684#comment-197951No way. Thome is first class and i totally believe he’s clean. He’s a big time home
run hitter and should have been a career Indian. As a big time Phillies fan, l wanted to see Thome come back to Philly and win his first ring. Only thing better is him becoming a Cleveland legend. He deserves it.
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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:51:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=87684#comment-197936Pretty silly
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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:35:43 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=87684#comment-197931Yeah, too soon.
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